Events

2014 SoMe Awards and Forum

The SoMe Awards & Forum honors the best social media campaigns by marketing agencies, in-house teams and freelancers from across the Unites States.

Now in this 6th year, and jointly presented by the Social Media Club of PDX and TMMpdx.com, the awards are an opportunity for those to celebrate accomplishments made to help themselves or their clients in the ever growing world of social media.

The SoMe awards gala will feature signature drinks, special guests, and a cool after-party. Winners in 11 categories will be announced by our emcee Stephanie Stricklen of KGW News. We’ll also be saluting three special honorees:

Pamela Slim – Most Influential BloggerBrian Solis – Hall Of FameBillie Goldman – Thoroughly Modern Marketer of The Year

This year, we’ve also added a special afternoon event: A Social Media forum from 1PM to 5PM, anchored by keynote presentations by our two honored award recipients, Pamela Slim and Brian Solis, and featuring panels with the 2014 SoMe Nominees and other special guests, talking in more detail about the social media campaigns, tools and trends that are driving better brands, excellence in customer service & engagement, and higher sales and profit.

We’re putting together an outstanding line-up of experts to discuss the newest innovations in Social Media. We’ve confirmed our keynote speakers, Pam Slim of escapefromcubiclenation.com and BRIAN SOLIS, our Hall of Fame award winner for 2014.The half-day forum will kick-off about 1pm on May 22nd and include two one-hour keynotes, presentations by the SoMe award finalists and panel presentations with several industry thought-leaders. The SoMe Awards 2014 will take place that evening after a brief break for dinner